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I've recieved the bulbs and installed all the rear ones. Sadly, the front turn signal is not the same to the rear one. The pin on the bulb of the front signal is aligned at 150 degrees, not opposite, which makes it become a 7507 (amber) bulb (Not 1156 like what I mistakenly bought). The rear ones look beautiful, the flashing style of LEDs is attractive. Thanks to soundbyte's method of using sticky tape to pull the wedge bulb out, it worked beautifully. :-) At the meantime, while waiting for the replacement of the wrong type bulbs, Is it ok if I use LEDs for rear and filaments for front with the LED-flasher unit? Apparantly they flash ok, but not sure if there's any kind of long term damage.

Thanks for the help sountbyte, I dont quite get this part (the blue words). I've tried to use bare hand and pull it out, but seemed like it was a bit slippery and I couldn't really pull it out easily. Anyone knows how to take the front turn/signal bulb(s) out? I tried to un-screw the 2 screws on top of them, but it seemed like they were not the only two screws that I needed to unscrew, the whole headlight unit could not be taken out, so there may be some more underneath that I could not reach :(. Will there anything wrong with the headlight alignment if we take the headlight out and put it back, like doing at home? So far, only the front turn/signal is the only step that I feel a bit difficult to DIY. Hope to receive some TIPs from everyone :).

Yea, I hope the new LEDs will look better, I just love the way it flashes :). After following the instruction of sountbyte, yes, I have managed to reach the flasheruni, but not taken it out yet because still waiting for the LED-flasher-unit to arrive. Seems like u have a 05 hatch, which is same to me, so I assume the flasher unit would be the same for both of us. That means, this is the one u are looking for: This photo shows its pins. I got mine from here: Flasher Unit Hope that helps, Repost my question:

I tried to take the tray out and yes, i succeded. thanks to your instruction. You know the front signal/turning bulb, do you have any tip to take it out? My problem is: I saw quite a few of wires and obstacles that prevented me to reach the bulb's socket, therefore, I couldn't even take it out to have a look (that's why I hope the rear signal is identical to the front signal). Do you have any tip to reach the socket and get the bulb out for replacement? Same thing happens for the license number bulb: the right one is ok, but the left one has a few wires and stuff in front of it, so it's quite hard to reach. For the wedge bulb (license bulb), how can we take it out of the socket, do we just use force and try to unplug it from the socket? Thanks for your advice, Cheers,

Thanks, soundbyte for the nice and clean photos, i think I have the idea now. Esp the picture of the lug illustrating how it is connected to the dash, it's really helpful. I'll try to take it out and keep you posted. Still waiting for the shipping. Can't wait to have some LEDs looking :P!

Thanks for the instruction, I have managed to see the flasher unit sit with a bunch of other plugs, however, I still can't take the drop down pocket/tray using your instruction (the auxiliary box). I tried to lift upward, but it did not seem to move anything. Do I have to use a lot of force? One question about the back-up light at rear: what is that used for? When is it turned on? Is it just like the rear fog light like many Eu cars have? Cheers

Hi, That's what I need, thank u for that. With regards to the flasher, is simply replacing the flasher unit will help to solve the 'fast-flashing' problem? They (the website) recommends me to buy the LOAD RESISTOR and install it paralel with the bulb, but i find that a bit more complicated than replacing the flasher unit alone. And, do we have to change all the 4 signals to LED at a time when we use the LED FLASHER? I found the flasher unit at the location you told me, but how would you get to it? I mean there is an auxliary compartment/box located right in front of it, how would you get that box out in order to reach the flasher? I'm placing the order now, but still not sure about the flasher unit. Thanks, sountbyte

I have managed to take them out and took a few photos: This is the board/base where all the bulbs are fitted Back Can anyone please help me ID these bulbs :(?

Thank soundbyte, I'm researching that website now, seems like they have a good range of LEDs. The stop/tail light bulb should have dual strength, i.e. 21/5watts and I'm not sure if these LEDs have that. OMG, i'm confused now. Why aren't there any description of these bulbs in the manual? I just have a few more questions 1. Are the front turn signal bulb and the rear ones exactly the same, i.e. I can just buy 4 of them at the same time? Because that's what I can see in the instruction manual, 21W Type D. If yes, what type of bulb is it? 2. Is it easy to install these kinds of LED and they will work normally? Since the front turn signals are supposed to flash, are those LEDs gonna flash just normally like the filament bulbs? I've heard something about "NO ERROR bulb", so is it easy to get some kinds of error? Since I need the keyword/type of the bulb to find online, so it would be very much appreciated if anyone can find it. Cheers,

Thanks for ur recommendation, The sites you recommended do not work, 404 Page not found, would you please check them again :( The 2006 Ascent hatch of your dad should be very similar to mine. So I hope after looking at the sites (once they works) it should be what im looking for. After replacing with those LEDs, what do u think about the result? Is it any similar to the cars with pre-installed LEDs? Will it gonna look "cool"? Cheers,

Hi everyone, My car is a 2005 Hatch Corolla Ascent I am looking at replacing the rear brake light bulbs and the signal bulbs with LED ones. However, I don't seem to find the correct model/type of these bulbs (using both the search function in this forum and Google) and I will need the correct type cos I gonna buy them online (ebay). I found the type of the license number light bulbs to be 501 T10 wedges bulb (on this site: http://www.toyotaownersclub.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=115346&st=0&p=1043413&hl=bulb%20license&fromsearch=1entry1043413), but had no luck for the brake & signal bulbs. I just love the look of LED brake light and signal on some new models (e.g. 2010+ Camry), and I hope replacing my halogen bulb with the LED bought online can get somewhere close to that. Do you have any advice? Thanks, everyone :).

Thanks guys, I have done a quick search online and seems like this is the reason for the shaking/vibration. Do you know how much roughly this gonna cost, machine or truing the discs?

Hi everyone, Hope you guys are enjoying Easter, After traveling about 200 kms for the whole day (Adelaide - Mannum and back), when I was on the way back to Adelaide, I started to feel some vibration on my steering wheel when the brake pedal is pressed. The car was traveling at 110 kph down hill and the gear was at Neutral (N), I pressed the brake pedal and the steering wheel started to shake a bit (vibrate). I released the brake and then about 200 or 300 metres applied the brake again and it still shook (mild vibration). I changed to Drive (D) and it shook a bit less, but still shaking a bit. The car still slowed down but don't know why the steering wheel vibrated... :( After exiting the freeway, i drove about 70ish kph and didn't notice any shaking or vibration... This is the first time I experience this :( :(... Could it be because I have driven it for such a long trip and the discs and the pads were too hot that they may expand a bit causing all sorts of these vibration and shaking? Thanks for your help and answers Regards, TK Oh one more thing: My car model is a Ascent Corolla, 2005, 84k :)

I just browsing around and found this video on youtube about cleaning the car air conditioning system. Luckily, the model of the car he's doin is our Corolla :D. Not sure what model is that, but its Left handed. The cabin air filter is located behind the glove box: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhgGEeNrGM8

This is what i got after putting "world's most sold car" into google, and clicking at the first link: http://www.automotoportal.com/article/Top_...ssful_Cars_Ever